National History Bowl
2014-2015 B Set
BOWL ROUND 4
First Quarter
1. This man commanded the construction of Fort St. Simon during a 1742 Spanish raid on his
colony. This man, who transported Methodist founder John Wesley to America, acquired land
from Tomochici and founded Savannah. For 10 points, name this English colonist who created a
haven for debtors called Georgia.
ANSWER: James Oglethorpe
2. A prominent player of this instrument was surreptitiously recorded on the obscene "Bus
Tapes." Jo Jones played this instrument in the Count Basie Orchestra, and it was played by the
leader of the Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey. For 10 points, name this jazz instrument played by
Joe Morello of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Max Roach and Buddy Rich, who used sticks while
playing.
ANSWER: drums [prompt on percussion]
3. In a painting by this artist, Ambrosio de Spinola receives the keys to a besieged Dutch town
from Justin of Nassau. This artist of The Surrender of Breda also painted The Rokeby Venus. A
dwarf in a dress is one of the title attendants of the Infanta Margarita in a painting by this artist.
For 10 points, name this Spanish artist of Las Meninas.
ANSWER: Diego Velazquez [Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez]
4. According to legend, Horatio Nelson’s body was stored in this substance after the Battle of
Trafalgar. This product was created as a way to dispose of the molasses created as a byproduct of
the manufacture of sugar in the Caribbean. In the British Navy, Edward Vernon created the
practice of diluting this substance with water. For 10 points, name this component of grog.
ANSWER: rum [accept grog until mentioned, prompt on “alcohol”]
5. This movement's "first lady" recorded "Don't Sleep in the Subway" and "Downtown." Another
act from this period, which sang "Doo Wah Diddy," was Manfred Mann's Earth Band. This mid1960s movement included the Dave Clark Five, The Troggs, The Animals, as well as The
Rolling Stones. For 10 points, name this wave of England-based artists who achieved American
popularity.
ANSWER: British Invasion (prompt on “rock” or “rock and roll” or “classic rock”)
6. This route's eastern half was used by people who split off onto the Mormon or Bozeman paths
instead of finishing this route. This route existed for twenty-five years before it became suitable
for wagon usage as far as Fort Hall. At the end of its use, it went all the way to the Willamette
Valley. For 10 points, name this iconic route used by settlers to the Pacific Northwest.
ANSWER: Oregon Trail
7. This man forced Gustavo Leigh out of his government for demanding a date for transition to
democracy. This man came to power after his predecessor nationalized the copper industry, and
while in power he relied on a group of economic advisors called the Chicago Boys. For 10
points, name this dictator who overthrew Salvador Allende to take control of Chile.
ANSWER: Augusto Pinochet [or Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte]
8. Kicking Bear added a sacred article of clothing to this movement that was possibly modeled
on the temple garments of Mormons. This movement, which wore supposedly bulletproof shirts,
was founded by Wodziwob and popularized by Wovoka. For 10 points, identify this religious
and social movement of 1890s Plains Indians whose practitioners were killed at Wounded Knee.
ANSWER: Ghost Dance
9. U.S. doctors worked with a dictator of this country to eradicate yaws. This country was
evacuated by U.S. troops as the major effect of Franklin Roosevelt's "good neighbor" policy;
Roosevelt claimed to have written this country's constitution. For 10 points, name this country
where the U.S. intervened in 1994 to restore Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Port-au-Prince.
ANSWER: Haiti
10. This author corresponded with Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson during the Civil War,
which was the subject of her poem "It Feels a Shame to Be Alive." She described a carriage
containing "eternity" in another poem. For 10 points, name this "belle of Amherst" whose poems
such as "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" were published only after her death.
ANSWER: Emily Dickinson
NHBB B 2014-2015
Bowl Round 4
Second Quarter
1. This ethnicity respected administrators called yangban under a state known in Western sources
as the "hermit kingdom." This group defeated an invasion by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at Noryang.
From 1910 to 1945, Japan occupied this group's land after deposing the Joseon dynasty. For 10
points, name this Asian ethnicity which now lives on a divided peninsula northeast of China.
ANSWER: Koreans [or Hanguk-im]
BONUS: Korea rebuffed Hideyoshi using what large ships with covered hulls, which could blow
smoke out of a decorative dragon head at the prow?
ANSWER: turtle ships [or gobukseon]
2. This woman was one of the first district attorneys in New York's Special Victims Bureau, and
she wrote the Democratic National Committee's rules on superdelegates. George H.W. Bush was
accused of disrespecting her in a 1984 debate. For 10 points, name this first woman to run as a
major-party Vice-Presidential candidate, appearing on the losing Walter Mondale ticket.
ANSWER: Geraldine Ferraro
BONUS: The Mondale-Ferraro ticket only won Washington, D.C. and what home state of
Mondale, which later elected Jesse Ventura governor?
ANSWER: Minnesota
3. In October 2014, a court case was filed regarding a Firestone rubber plantation in this
country's town of Harbel. This country was the origin of Thomas Eric Duncan, who infected two
nurses after arriving in Dallas with ebola. For 10 points, name this country where president Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf governs the descendants of resettled American slaves.
ANSWER: Liberia [Republic of Liberia]
BONUS: The 2014 ebola outbreak began in what northern neighbor of Liberia with capital at
Conakry, which had its first-ever democratic presidential election in 2010?
ANSWER: Guinea [Republic of Guinea; do not accept "Guinea-Bissau"; do not accept
"Equatorial Guinea"]
4. This city has for decades been the center of the least populated metro area to be the home of a
major American professional sports team. This city’s team is notable for its ownership structure,
which consists of numerous shareholders and a stock sale in 1998 to help renovate its notoriously
cold stadium at Lambeau (LAM-boe) Field. This city’s team name references an industry that
was criticized in Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. For 10 points, name this Wisconsin city on an arm
of Lake Michigan, with a highly successful National Football League team.
ANSWER: Green Bay
BONUS: Which former Green Bay quarterback had a role in the 1998 Farrelly brothers comedy
film, There’s Something About Mary?
ANSWER: Brett Favre (prounced FARV)
5. This man’s wife Vibia Sabina may have had an affair with his secretary, the historian
Suetonius. He made Marcius Turbo Praetorian Prefect and employed the frumentarii as secret
police. This third of the Five Good Emperors was succeeded by Antoninus Pius. For 10 points,
name this Roman emperor who demarcated the northern limit of Roman Britain with his
namesake wall.
ANSWER: Hadrian [or Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus]
BONUS: Hadrian’s construction of the Aelia Capitolina caused a 132 A.D. revolt directed by
this Simon bar Kokhba, a member of this religious group.
ANSWER: Jews or Jewish or Judaism
6. This event was enflamed when a court-martial acquitted Ferdinand Esterhazy. One person
involved in this scandal was imprisoned on Devil’s Island until key evidence against him was
revealed to be forged. Emile Zola wrote the letter J’Accuse supporting that prisoner. For 10
points, name this scandal in which a Jewish French army captain was framed for treason.
ANSWER: Dreyfus affair
BONUS: Another 19th century French political scandal concerned Ferdinand de Lesseps’
attempts to build what structure?
ANSWER: Panama Canal
7. This color names a "democratic movement" which supports former Kenyan prime minister
Raila Odinga (rah-EE-luh oh-DING-guh). A river separating both Namibia and Lesotho from
South Africa is named for this color, which inspired a "free state" in pre-union South Africa. For
10 points, name this color also used for the Dutch royal house and a citrus fruit.
ANSWER: orange
BONUS: The 2004 Orange Revolution protested vote-rigging by Viktor Yanukovych (YAHnik-oh-vitch) in what country?
ANSWER: Ukraine
8. This event was a failure of Brigade 2506, which landed at Playa Giron (hee-ROAN). Allen
Dulles took most of the blame for this event, which was a CIA operation with inadequate
military support. This event relied mostly on exiles and prompted its target to formally ally with
the Soviets. For 10 points, name this failed 1961 invasion of Cuba authorized by JFK.
ANSWER: Bay of Pigs invasion
BONUS: What Florida senator of Cuban descent, sometimes mentioned as a possible 2016
presidential candidate, criticized the recent agreement to partially lift sanctions against Cuba?
ANSWER: Marco Rubio
NHBB B 2014-2015
Bowl Round 4
Third Quarter
Categories are Lewis and Clark, People of 1968, and Amendments
LEWIS AND CLARK
The Lewis and Clark expedition…
1. Was intended to explore what large acquisition of land made in 1803?
ANSWER: Louisiana Purchase/territory
2. Was dispatched by what President who made that acquisition?
ANSWER: Thomas Jefferson
3. Departed from what city, which commemorates the event with the Gateway Arch?
ANSWER: St. Louis
4. Was aided by what Shosone (shuh-SHOW-nee) woman?
ANSWER: Sacajawea
5. Followed what river of modern-day Washington and Oregon to the Pacific?
ANSWER: Columbia River
6. Formally had what name?
ANSWER: Corps of Discovery Expedition
7. Suffered its first death near what is now Sioux City in what state?
ANSWER: Iowa
8. Was the subject of a two-volume history by what future head of the Second Bank of the
United States?
ANSWER: Nicholas Biddle
PEOPLE OF 1968
In 1968, who…
1. Was killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis after leading a civil rights action?
ANSWER: Martin Luther King, Jr.
2. Won the U.S. Presidential election on his second try, defeating Hubert Humphrey?
ANSWER: Richard Nixon
3. Announced he would not run for reelection as president?
ANSWER: Lyndon B. Johnson (Accept “LBJ”; prompt on Johnson)
4. Was leading the Democratic primaries prior to his assassination in Los Angeles?
ANSWER: Robert F. Kennedy [or RFK]
5. Was the director of the year's most controversial film, 2001: A Space Odyssey?
ANSWER: Stanley Kubrick
6. Won his tenth NBA title as the center and coach of the Boston Celtics?
ANSWER: Bill Russell
7. Released his Electric Ladyland Album with his "Experience?"
ANSWER: Jimi Hendrix
8. Was accused of inciting riots in Washington, D.C. a year after resigning as leader of SNCC
(snick)?
ANSWER: Stokely Carmichael
AMENDMENTS
What U.S. Constitutional amendment is or was the chief subject of…
1. A witness's right not to testify against himself?
ANSWER: Fifth [or 5; accept the equivalent digit for all answers in this round]
2. Any case discussing the right to trial by jury in criminal matters?
ANSWER: Sixth
3. The 1993 case in which Santeria worshippers asserted their religious right to sacrifice
animals?
ANSWER: First
4. Cases invoking the "equal protection" clause?
ANSWER: Fourteenth
5. Mapp v. Ohio and other exclusionary rule cases?
ANSWER: Fourth
6. Cases arguing that the military draft constitutes involuntary servitude?
ANSWER: Thirteenth
7. U.S. v Lopez which claimed "reserved powers" for state governments?
ANSWER: Tenth
8. 2008's DC v. Heller and 2010's McDonald v. Chicago?
ANSWER: Second
NHBB B 2014-2015
Bowl Round 4
Fourth Quarter
1. This man published regular weather data in his Meteorological Observations. As he was
less influential in his own time than Jakob Berzelius, it was Berzelius's endorsement which
led to acceptance of his ideas. He was the first to state what is now called (+) Charles's Law
and form a theory about red-green colorblindness, as well as the law of (*) partial pressures.
For 10 points, name this early nineteenth century British scientist who popularized the modern
idea of atoms.
ANSWER: John Dalton
2. The founder of this religion is depicted reacting to sweetness in the painting The Vinegar
Tasters. Mystics within this religion formed the Five Pecks of Rice Society, which formed a
breakaway state that followed the (+) "Celestial Master." This religion was believed to be
founded by a 900-year-old man who was forced to write down The Book of the (*) Way
before leaving for the West. For 10 points, name this traditional, non-Confucian religion of
China.
ANSWER: Daoism or Taoism
3. A news photographer captured an assault on Richard Frankensteen, a leader of this
union, by surrendering fake photo plates. This union, now led by Dennis Williams,
represents many (+) graduate students. This union, which operated a dedicated radio
station, was involved in the "Battle of the (*) Overpass" during its leadership by Walter
Reuther. The 1937 Flint sit-down strike gave it official recognition. For 10 points, name this
union of car industry employees.
ANSWER: UAW [United Automobile Workers]
4. Mehmet Ali Ağca attempted to assassinate someone holding this position. Eugenio Pacelli
was criticized for his silence over the Holocaust while he held it. One of these people
condemned (+) contraception in Humanae Vitae. Karol Wojtyla was the first non-(*) Italian
to hold this position in over 400 years, and Jorge Bergoglio became the first non-European in
over 1,000 years when he succeeded Benedict XVI. For 10 points, name this head of the Roman
Catholic Church.
ANSWER: Pope
5. This westward-facing building is the largest in a similarly-named city that also houses
the Bayon, the Ta Prohm, and artificial lakes called baray. Its cross-shaped Grand Terrace
stands in front of five towers laid out like the dots on a die. (+) Suryavarman II began
construction on this site, which was first dedicated to (*) Vishnu before it became Buddhist.
For 10 points, name this tallest temple built by the Khmer empire, which appears in white on the
national flag of Cambodia.
ANSWER: Angkor Wat
6. These things were first discovered using Charles Chamberlain's porcelain filters. By
1910, Peyton Rous demonstrated their role in cancers. In 1892, Dmitri Ivanovsky
demonstrated that these things caused the (+) tobacco mosaic disease. Walter Reed found
the first large-scale human consequence of these things, when he showed that one of them
causes (*) yellow fever. For 10 points, name this quasi-living genetic information vector that is
not a bacteria.
ANSWER: virus
7. At one of these events, a man denounced an idea as "thin as a homeopathic soup made
by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that starved to death." These events, which were held in
towns such as (+) Alton, Galesburg, and Quincy, failed to prevent the (*) "Little Giant" from
winning a Senatorial election. For 10 points, what were these 1858 clashes of rhetoric in Illinois,
which set up a rematch among their participants in the Presidential election of two years later?
ANSWER: Lincoln-Douglas debates
8. This person was the subject of a "nullification trial" convened by Calixtus III. This
person led troops that captured John Talbot at the Battle of Patay. After getting an
audience with (+) Charles VII, this person correctly identified the disguised king. This hero
of the Siege of (*) Orleans claimed to have visions of St. Michael and St. Margaret. For 10
points, name this woman who was burned at the stake after fighting for the French in the
Hundred Year's War.
ANSWER: Joan of Arc [or Jeanne d'Arc; prompt on "Joan"]
NHBB B 2014-2015
Bowl Round 4
Tiebreakers/extras – ONLY READ IF YOU NEED A BACKUP OR TIEBREAKER!
One leader of this nation has attempted to re-nationalize its YPF oil company, while
another formed the Triple-A death squad to counteract leftist elements. The Justicialist
party in this nation split into three parts, one of which was led by former president Carlos
(+) Menem. Another leader of this nation was overthrown by Jorge Videla’s junta, which
then instigated the (*) Dirty War. For 10 points, name this nation once headed by Juan Peron.
ANSWER: Argentina
BONUS: What Russian tsar freed the serfs in 1861 and was assassinated twenty years later?
ANSWER: Alexander II [prompt on Alexander]